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NCLEX Nutrition
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nclex
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health-sciences
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nursing
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health-fitness-nutrition
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. What are healthy sources of fats?
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
prealbumin levels
can consume more calories without weight gain
trans fatty acid
2. How much milk is to be consumed per day?
dietary approach to stop hypertension
protein
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
3 cups
3. Name six sources of grains
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
3 cups
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
4. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value
cream cheese - cream or butter
5.5 ounces/day
decrease in total lymphocyte count
antioxidant - immune function
5. What foods have high quality protein?
B and C
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
can consume more calories without weight gain
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
6. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?
2 cups
B and C
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
antioxidant - immune function
7. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
atrophy or wasting of muscle
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
prealbumin levels
8. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?
vitamin K
one week period
transferrin
4 calories/gram
9. What is normal BMI?
18-25
trans fatty acid
one week period
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
10. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily
dark green - orange - drybeans
essential amino acids
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
day week or month
11. What orange vegetables are good to eat?
carrots and sweet potatoes
hemoglobin
antioxidant - immune function
2 cups
12. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
300 cal/day increase
liver and intestinal synthesis
13. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
diet recall
14. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?
low albumin levels < 3.4
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
6 oz. a day
15. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
dietary approach to stop hypertension
antioxidant - immune function
vitamin C - citrus fruits
16. What function is vitamin A?
protein and fat
dairy and fortified foods
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
fats
17. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?
vitamin C - citrus fruits
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
vitamin K
18. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
protein
vitamin K
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
19. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?
liver and intestinal synthesis
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
protein and fat
5.5 ounces/day
20. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
prealbumin levels
apple is higher risk than a pear
21. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy
protein and fat
TPN total parenteral nutrition
protein
low albumin levels < 3.4
22. How many calories/gram is protein?
starches - sugars - and cellulose
4 calories/gram
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
6 oz. a day
23. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet
dietary approach to stop hypertension
decrease in total lymphocyte count
essential amino acids
2 cups
24. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?
500 cal/day
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
one week period
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
25. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?
fats
diet recall
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
one week period
26. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?
18-25
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
5.5 ounces/day
27. The higher the BMR a client has --
essential amino acids
can consume more calories without weight gain
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
cream cheese - cream or butter
28. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?
prealbumin levels
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
hemoglobin
29. What is RDA of protein?
one tspn salt or less
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
B and C
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
30. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?
day week or month
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
pregnant women or elderly
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
31. How much grains are to be eaten per day?
6 oz. a day
low albumin levels < 3.4
apple is higher risk than a pear
day week or month
32. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?
TPN total parenteral nutrition
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
33. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease
apple is higher risk than a pear
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
hemoglobin
rickets - osteomalacia
34. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?
2.5 cups
fats
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
protein
35. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
dark green - orange - drybeans
TPN total parenteral nutrition
protein
36. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?
atrophy or wasting of muscle
milk - enriched grains
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
37. How much more calories are needed for lactation?
cream cheese - cream or butter
essential amino acids
500 cal/day
dark green - orange - drybeans
38. What is normal albumin levels?
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
B and C
atrophy or wasting of muscle
hemoglobin
39. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy
protein
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
decrease in total lymphocyte count
6 oz. a day
40. What is the function of vitamin C?
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
starches - sugars - and cellulose
hemoglobin
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
41. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins
3 cups
fat soluble vitamins
atrophy or wasting of muscle
4 calories/gram
42. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
prealbumin levels
cream cheese - cream or butter
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
43. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this
atrophy or wasting of muscle
fats
protein and fat
vitamin K
44. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies
protein
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
4 calories/gram
45. Fats can lead to some medical problems
trans fatty acid
transferrin
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
dark green - orange - drybeans
46. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram
starches - sugars - and cellulose
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
TPN total parenteral nutrition
fats
47. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?
protein
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
hemorrhage
48. What does DASH stand for?
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
3 cups
dietary approach to stop hypertension
49. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?
2 cups
B and C
carrots and sweet potatoes
dark green - orange - drybeans
50. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?
rickets - osteomalacia
5.5 ounces/day
milk - enriched grains
one week period